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GIS Day 2013

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Registration is open!

Wondering how to use your GIS skills to make a difference? Want to hear how Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) can be used in GIS? Or do you want to sample some Open Source GIS skills?

We have it all at GIS Day!

Featuring Luncheon Speaker...

Mark Salling,
GISCorps and
Senior Research Fellow, Cleveland State University

"URISA’s GISCorps: 2013 – 10 Years of Volunteer Service"

GISCorps is celebrating its 10th year of volunteer GIS services to developing communities worldwide. This volunteer based organization is headed by a team of professionals trained in urban and regional development and GIS skills. GISCorps has approximately 1,000 volunteers located in five continents who are prepared to work on both domestic and international projects. Their services have been used in over 100 missions worldwide for supplementing humanitarian relief, enhancing environmental analysis and fostering economic as well as community development. They promote the use of information technology for more accurate and efficient means of illustrating and improving the civic infrastructure of a region.

Morning Workshops

W1: Intermediate Python Scripting for ArcGIS 10, Chris Dickerson, Urban Planning Department, and Chris Brannin, Shoreland, Inc.
LOCATION: GML Classroom BLearn Python programing skills, allowing you to automate geoprocessing tasks. Learn how to load the ArcGIS Geoprocessor object into Python, manage program flow and decision-making, and make your script available from a custom arc toolbox. We will work through a tutorial and brainstorm ways to implement Python scripts into your own projects.

W2: Intro to GIS, Shannon Kail, Cartography & GIS Center
LOCATION: AUP 194Get your first experience with GIS utilizing ArcGIS Online to create a map of the Zombie prepared neighborhoods in Milwaukee, WI. Work as a team to identify, format and create data to visualize the critical places needed for survival.

FULL, WaitlistW3: Map Mashups, Kurt Meingast, Urban Planning, and Anne Reis, Urban Ecology Center.
LOCATION: AUP 158After a brief introduction to mashups [web applications that combine content from more than one source], learn how to create your own Maps mashup using either Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps or Google Maps. You'll be amazed at how fast and easy it is!

Afternoon Workshops

FREE - REGISTRATION REQUESTED
TIME:2:30 PM - 4:00 PMW4: Advanced Python, Brett Ketter, Geosciences
LOCATION: GML Classroom BExplore some of the new functionality available in the ArcPy package including the mapping and spatial analyst modules. Write scripts to get map feature information and change map elements on-the-fly.FULL, WaitlistW5: GIS Data & Applications for City of Milwaukee Pedestrian & Bicycle Planning, Robert Schneider, Urban Planning Department, Kristin Bennett, City of Milwaukee
LOCATION: AUP 194Use available Milwaukee data to conduct hands-on GIS analyses on selected pedestrian and bicycle planning topics. The workshop will also include opportunities to brainstorm ideas for future City of Milwaukee GIS data and analysis applications.FULL, WaitlistW6: Open Source GIS: Web mapping with MapBox/TileMill, Matt Schumwinger, MilwaukeeStat.com, Urban Planning Department
LOCATION: AUP 158Interested in quickly making a map that artfully highlights your data? How about publishing it to your blog for others to explore and interact with? Meet TileMill, an open source design studio by MapBox, which gives you complete styling control and a user-friendly interface … so you can crank out stunning maps.